Intro to QR Codes: A lesson for EFL students
I’m currently in Cambridge in the UK, doing two weeks of EFL classroom teaching. Because… I wanted to get back into the language classroom for an intensive period with a group of language students. I spend almost all of my time on f2f and online teacher...Digital literacies 2: The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
To celebrate the publication of our latest book Digital Literacies (with Gavin Dudeney and Mark Pegrum), my last blog post looked at the what and why of digital literacies. The next few posts will look at classroom activities designed to help your students...Digital literacies 1: The what
At last! 2 years, 9 months! 2 years of work, and 9 months after submitting the manuscript, my advance copy of Digital Literacies has arrived. Written with Gavin Dudeney and Mark Pegrum, it’s one of a new series of methodology books from Pearson Education...Free Learning Technologies webinars January – June 2013
It’s a new year, and we have a new series of free webinars starting on 20 January. At The IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG we are kicking off our 2013 webinars with a debate on interactive whiteboards, or IWBs (see below). Pete Sharma will be defending...5 Educational Trends for 2013
2012 is drawing to a close, and 2013 lies ahead of us. Time to take a look at some of the educational trends that have emerged over the last 12 months, and that are likely to dominate the educational technology scene in the coming year. Here are five trends...3 Articles: mLearning for language teachers
I recently wrote three articles about mobile learning for the print publication Modern English Teacher. The editors have kindly given me permission to share these articles, which are written with English language teachers in mind. So, if you are … not sure about...Teachers on mLearning
What do teachers understand by ‘mobile learning’? Compare responses from a group of f2f teachers, and teachers responding online to this query via Facebook.